[Henry VIII] Tudor Crown

In April 1539, Princess Mary gave birth to the future Duke of Lorraine at Pembroke Castle in Wales.Unexpectedly, the little boy had the same birthday as his uncle William Tudor, so to celebrate the coincidence, the newborn Prince of Lorraine was named Antoine Willem de Lorraine, In honor of his grandfather and uncle.

Because the Duke of Lorraine was busy helping King Francois and Henry VIII to stop the Dutch garrison, the christening of the little prince of Lorraine was held in the chapel of Pembroke Castle.This arrangement was also to avoid dissatisfaction among Protestants in London with the Catholic baptism of the little prince.

As one of the closest male elders of the little prince of Lorraine, William Tudor presided over the baptism of his nephew under the premise that the little prince of Lorraine's father and grandfather were absent, and served as the baptism of Lorraine together with Princess Juana. The little prince's godparents.

In addition, the Marquess of Dorset and the Duke of Guise who are far away on the front line of France are also one of the godparents of the little prince of Lorraine, but their age is appropriate compared with William Tudor and Princess Juana a lot.

Considering Princess Mary's physical condition, William Tudor put two specially trained midwives and nanny on guard long before Princess Mary moved to Pembroke Castle.

Fortunately, when Henry VIII initiated the Reformation, William Tudor left a Catherine-Mary Abbey in Wales in honor of his mother, and spent three years building it as a shelter for women and children , Also cultivated a group of midwives and babysitters with advanced consciousness.

Of course, when the Catherine-Marie Monastery was flourishing, there were also some anti-intellectual rumors that "the monastery is a concentration camp for witches" and "women and children who enter the monastery will turn into demons".

In this regard, William Tudor had a huge cross erected at the gate of the monastery, and erected statues of Catherine of Aragon and Isabella of Castile next to it, thus curbing the continuation of the rumors Spread, but can not completely eliminate people's suspicion of the monastery, and discrimination against women who enter the monastery.

"This is the main reason why I hate religion." After Princess Mary gave birth to the little prince of Lorraine, William Tudor went to the monastery to thank those midwives and nannies who worked hard for the safety of women's childbirth.It turned out that the fences of the monastery were all painted with signs of purifying demons, and there were even irregular Latin words written on them, such as "Protect!", "Please let all the witches inside die." and other terrible prayers.

Limited by the suspicion and anger of the people, Welsh women would never turn to Catherine-Mary Abbey unless they were desperate.And even women who have received help from the monastery will try their best to distance themselves from the relationship with the monastery afterwards, and even become the backbone of the opposition.

When William Tudor listened to the abbot's bitter speech, he realized for the first time that his thinking was not well thought out, and how hard it was to change the minds of the masses in the age of savagery.

At the same time, it was also the first time that he intuitively felt the ideological gap caused by the differences of the times, and when the royal power and religious consciousness confronted each other, it was almost impossible to reach a reconciliation.

It’s no wonder that Henry VIII wanted to use bloody suppression to maintain his rule, because this is a rough road that can only lead to darkness. If you can’t explain it to the masses at all, then you can only choose this option .

"But I don't have the money to force it!" After William Tudor bid farewell to the abbot, he found some local residents secretly looking at him from the sidelines, their faces full of hesitation, which also to a certain extent It made his depression worse.

If things go on like this, it is only a matter of time before Catherine-Marie Abbey is toppled.

Once a natural disaster occurs in Wales, the women in the monastery will be the first targets of anger, and William Tudor, as the owner of the monastery, will also be questioned in various ways, and may even be pulled next to the throne.

"Your Highness, Your Highness!" On the way back to London, Richard Cromwell found the Prince of Wales staring out the window in a daze, so he asked worriedly, "Are you feeling unwell?"

"Huh?" William Tudor turned his head to the side, and the tired look on his face made Richard Cromwell more sure of his guess: "Why don't you rest for a few days after returning to London? Since the King After His Majesty left, you haven't had a good rest this year."

"How can I have time to rest? There are troubles everywhere in the country, and if I don't pay attention, I will leave a mess." William Tudor rubbed his temples wearily, and his eyelids were blinded by waves of drowsiness Fighting, the figure is crooked.

Richard Cromwell wanted to grab the Prince of Wales so he wouldn't smash his head against the window.

As a result, when Richard Cromwell was in action, a small mirror fell out of his arms, and it happened to hit the bridge of William Tudor's nose, driving the Prince of Wales's drowsiness away. Two clean.

"Your Highness, please forgive my disrespect." Richard Cromwell hurriedly caught the small mirror that fell, and checked William Tudor's nose very nervously, before making sure that the Prince of Wales did not bleed. After a nosebleed or a cut on the face, he breathed a sigh of relief, only to be grabbed by the wrist by William Tudor.

"Your Highness?" Richard Cromwell thought that William Tudor wanted to get to the bottom of his crimes, so he swallowed nervously, preparing himself for punishment.

However, William Tudor did not reprimand him or do anything to him, but took his mirror to look carefully, then rang the bell, and ordered to the driver in front: "Turn around and go back to Wales. "

"Your Highness, what are you going to do?" Richard Cromwell had planned to ask William Tudor to meet with members of Parliament tomorrow to discuss a naval raid on the Netherlands.

As a result, what happened to William Tudor, Richard Cromwell could only arrange a reliable entourage to go to London to notify the cancellation of tomorrow's parliament, and then looked at William Tudor who was fiddling with the mirror, and tried to ask: "Your Highness, what are you going to do?"

"You will know tomorrow." William Tudor remembered that there was another exquisite statue of the Virgin Mary from Princess Mary, which was said to be a statue of the Virgin from Italy, so he decided to take a few more mirrors to try.

Then the next morning, those who wanted to paint and paint on the fence of the monastery found that there was a huge shadow of the Virgin Mary behind the monastery. , also emerged the shadow of the Virgin.

"This must be the Holy Mother's warning to us." The guilty villagers went to the church to confess their sins, and then rushed to the monastery to ask the Holy Mother for forgiveness.

William Tudor, who temporarily solved the crisis of Catherine-Mary Abbey, hurried back to London, and at the end of 1539, he received news of Henry VIII's triumph.

This was the biggest defeat since the Spanish emperor came to the throne.

In just two years, he and the Holy Alliance lost 49 warships in the Preveza naval battle, causing more than 3000 soldiers to become slaves to the Ottoman Empire.At the same time, I have to admit that Barbarossa Hayreddin's conquest victory, after being forced to pay a huge sum of money to retain the last bit of face in Venice, temporarily gave up control of Algiers and allowed the Ottoman Empire of merchants trade efficiently in Venice.

But even so, Frederick Hayreddin did not withdraw his troops from Preveza, but made small-scale harassment of Venice's frontier.

To make matters worse, the Schmalkaldon Alliance provoked a religious rebellion within the Holy Roman Empire, and even persuaded some Catholics who were dissatisfied with the Habsburg family to stand on their side and challenge Archduke Ferdinand. As a result, the forces of the Habsburg family were trapped in Hungary and Bohemia, unable to provide effective support to the Netherlands and Spain.

While Charles V was concentrating on dealing with the Ottoman Empire, the French army, with the help of Navarra, invaded Aragon in one fell swoop, causing Charles V to lose the most important piece of his family's territory and the main port of Spain.Even under the attack from many sides, he had to give up his support to the Netherlands, and instead wrote a euphemistic persuasion letter to Henry VIII. Backstab me.

As a result, Henry VIII didn't finish reading it, so he asked the messenger to bring a broken map to Charles V.

There is only one prominent landmark "Pavia" on it.

Charles V immediately had nothing to say, and had to hold on for two years under the circumstances of being overwhelmed with both fists and multiple hands. Finally, he received the bankruptcy notice from Spain and the news that the Medici family refused to borrow money, and he almost fainted in one breath.

"Your Majesty, I regret to tell you that Spain's finances are no longer able to support your war. We now owe nearly 700 million ducats (about 300 million pounds) in foreign debts. The money for repaying debt interest will account for one-third of the country's income. Not to mention that in these few wars, more than 10 warships were damaged and nearly [-] people were damaged. The rise in prices in the past few years is more than twice that of when your grandfather was in power. Looking at all European countries, the people of no other country can live so poorly like the Spaniards."

Facing Charles V's stubbornness, the Spanish finance minister wanted to bang his head against the wall, and was so worried that there was no hair left on his head: "The nobles have refused to support you in the war. If you insist on raising taxes in all parts of Spain, then The nobles of Castile are likely to turn against you."

Speaking of this, the Minister of Finance also lowered his voice: "Queen Juana's supporters have begun to vote to cancel your regency, and then elect someone else to be Queen Juana's guardian."

"Heh! Besides me, who else do they want to find?" Charles V, who was so angry and laughed back, said playfully, "Is it Eleanor or Mary? It can't be my foreign cousins!"

The Chancellor of the Exchequer looked at Charles V with a strange look, finally nodded silently and tiredly, and sighed: "If you insist on raising the tax of Castile, then Castile Your nobles are not as simple as canceling your regency, but abolishing Queen Juana's right to rule at all costs, and choosing a new Castile king from the direct descendants of your two aunts. As they did to your great-uncle, Enrique IV."

"Considering that England's William is a Protestant, even if Castile chooses William as the new king, it will add a prerequisite for converting to Catholicism, but your cousin and uncle has no such restrictions."

"Joao III's economic strength is not comparable to yours."

"You said that if the King of Portugal is willing to pay off the loan for Castile, will those nobles who are dissatisfied with you forcefully abolish Queen Juana?"

"Don't forget that your failures against the Ottoman Empire have also caused great losses to Joao III. Even because of your alliance, Portuguese maritime merchants have also been sieged by Ottoman pirates, and the death of Queen Isabella It also exacerbated the tension between you and King João III."

"If John III could reach a settlement with the Ottoman Empire like François of France, why would he watch his navy and wealth be consumed little by little? Just for the reputation of guarding Christianity?"

Charles V was covered with frost by a series of questions from the Minister of Finance, until the sun was about to set, he said slowly and tiredly: "Write to the bastard Francois and my good uncle, let Messenger, prepare for peace!"